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Kaizzen partners with TERI for World Sustainable Development Summit 2023 outreach
03 Feb 2023
| Business News This Week
Kaizzen, a leading integrated communication agency, has partnered with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to curate the media and social media outreach for the upcoming World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2023 to be held in New Delhi from 22-24 February 2023.
Read moreBudget pushes India towards net-zero target: Environmental experts
01 Feb 2023
| IANS live
The green growth being a priority area in the Union Budget is reflective of the efforts undertaken across sectors to achieve the net-zero targets set for 2070 said Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI.
Read moreTERI recommends provisions for green fund in Union Budget 2023-24
25 Jan 2023
| PV Magazine
Experts at TERI have suggested various measures to aid sustainable development, climate resilience, and just transition. Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI, pointed out that the Union Budget 2023-24 will be the first to be presented since India announced the Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS) to achieve the net zero emission goals by 2070.
Read moreFrost & Sullivan and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Launch the 14th Edition of Sustainability 4.0 Awards
17 Jan 2023
| IANS
Frost and Sullivan and TERI launch the 14th edition of the 'Sustainability 4.0 Awards', for recognizing enterprises and emerging innovators that have been leading the change in sustainability, is scheduled to be held on November 10, 2023. Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director General of TERI, said, Sustainability is the most critical factor in managing productivity and profits in the years ahead. The Sustainability 4.0 Awards capture the journey of corporates towards sustainability and enable
Read moreThe climate story of 2023 will be all about financial reform and the G20
16 Jan 2023
| Carbon Copy
International donors and multilateral financial institutions have begun to look at future energy-related investments from the lens of phasedown or phaseout of coal. Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) announced by G7 countries under the leadership of Germany is based on this premise. As G20 President, India will have the challenge of ensuring that the expansion of JETP does not hinge on a plan whose sole aim is to facilitate the withdrawal of coal-related investments. A plan of
Read moreClimate expert Dipak Dasgupta guest at Explained Live today
21 Dec 2022
| The Indian Express
To be meaningful, the loss and damage fund would need large amounts of money flowing in. The financial needs of developing countries to fund reconstruction activities after being hit by climate disasters runs into tens of billions of dollars every year, says, climate expert Mr Dipak Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, during Explained Live talk.
Read moreTERI's Outreach on 'Challenges and Opportunities from COP27: Experts Sum up Key Takeaways'
14 Dec 2022
| Asian News International
TERI with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies organised a session on "COP-27 Outcomes: From the perspectives of Policy, Research & Businesses" summing up views and setting expectations from a wide range of experts from the government, think-tanks and the industry. Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI, highlighted the core contributions of the COP besides stressing on the fact that while developments with regard to certain key discussion agendas of the COP did happen, the
Read moreIndia can achieve Net Zero by 2047: Experts
09 Dec 2022
| Krishi Jagran
The 4th Annual Energy Finance Conference India, 2022, hosted by IIT-Madras, Centre for Financial Accountability, Indo-German Center for Sustainability and Climate Trends, features discussions on a variety of topics relating to Energy and Finance. According to Mr. Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, in his keynote talk, India should have the national ambition of achieving net zero by 2047 at 100 years of Independence and in time to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees.
Read moreCOP 15: आज से 195 देश जैव विविधता बचाने के उपायों पर करेंगे चर्चा
07 Dec 2022
| Dainik Jagran
One million species are in danger of being extinct because to mining, pollution, farming, development, etc. Dr. Jitendra Veer Sharma, Senior Director, Land Resources, TERI, said, as expected from the old COP, this one will remain the same. What happens is that in developing countries, importance is not given to save biodiversity and natural resources. All that is needed from the COP is that people become aware of the problem.
Read moreIn new role as G-20 chair, India set to focus on climate
01 Dec 2022
| The Associated Press
According to Mr. RR Rashmi, distinguished fellow, TERI, the impact of lifestyle has not received as much attention in the global discourse as it should. He said that the issue might get some prominence at the G-20, which would be a victory for the Indian government, but critics argue the focus on lifestyle changes must be backed by policy to have credibility.
Read moreExperts to frame climate action plan for Mumbai Metropolitan region
22 Nov 2022
| The Times of India
A climate action plan is being prepared for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to enable authorities to tackle potential challenges posed by the likelihood of floods and rising temperature. As per the Environment Impact Assessment report of 2015 prepared by TERI, approximately 671.2 sq.km (15%) of MMR's total area is covered with wetlands and water bodies.
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